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Within days of Pennsylvania's historic marriage-equality decision, life became easier for thousands of same-sex couples. Gone was the need for legal gymnastics to secure even the most fundamental rights and benefits every other married couple obtained by the simple act of saying "I do." Buying property, creating a will, adopting a child and many other life events that called for the services of a lawyer experienced in working with gay and lesbian couples became the same as for any other married couple. Even ending a marriage — which previously had been a legal impossibility in Pennsylvania for same-sex couples married elsewhere — became simpler. ...

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